Who out there uses the H145 in the powerline business?

Because it's expensive as F and pointless. I think SDG&E had something similar thst helistream or something was apart of. No clue what happened with that. Edison had some 135s they tried it with. Some are using 429 now. Most is pointless as engine failure accidents conducting HEC work are virtually non existent.

there is a lot more to utility work that HEC bro. you don't fly two engines for redundancy so much as payload.

= 80's term go back to your mullet trailer park ya rube!!! SMH!

If you think you fly 2 engines for payload in anything utility besides a heavy then you don't fly utility. name a light twin out there used for utility that can sling something that isn't a tonka toy....I'll wait. 
anything else the kmax is the way. 

2 engines and still 1 single point of failure in a single  transmission. Makes a lot of sense 😳

the engine. you really can't argue the fact that you keep flying with a twin and and in a single you don't. to argue against the redundancy of two engines is to not comprehend reality.

Someone please tell me what airframe out there has true OEI fly away capabilities in an OGE hover at max gross weight. As a reminder, in the utility world we hover a lot and I'm not sure there is a twin out there that can pull itself out of an OGE hover on one engine at sea level on a cool day never mind at high DA's. In the utility world excellent maintenance, and well trained and supported crews will out perform anything a twin might do for you in an emergency. Twin engines = bigger smoking whole. IMHO. 

 Don't give me any garbage about maintenance and "well trained and supported crews" etc. In a single you're going into the rocks, trees, wires or whatever is directly below you and it's going to hurt. You may not always fly away in a twin but you will fly. 

I know what won't fly away and is going straight down at any weight no matter how well you and your crew are trained: a single.

Why would you be anywhere near the max gross limit of a light twin while doing powerline work, of course other than a belly hooked external load? Not being a smart ***, just don't know much about what you do.

That being said, on a cool day at sea level an AW109S at max gross would do fly away from an OGE hover of a few hundred feet OEI without exceeding any limits. Granted it would be a horrible airframe for utility work but that wasn't a stipulation in the question. 

a 109 would do that

will do that!

agree but it really depends on pilot reaction to accel pitch and power management.

But it can't pass a gas station

BO105 vomit comet, unless there are five blades.